Golden Triangle (2 Nights / 3 Days) by car
Delhi – Jaipur - Agra -Delhi ( 2 Nights / 3 Days ) by car
DAY 01 DELHI -
JAIPUR
0600 HRS CAR TO REPORT AT HOTEL FOR jaipur (258 KMS & 5 HRS DRIVE) & saty at hotel
pm : HALF DAY SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF JAIPUR CITY.
JAIPUR CITY : THIS 18TH CENTURY CITY (CAPITAL OF RAJASTHAN IS FAMED AS "THE PINK CITY", BECAUSE OF THE LOCAL ROSE-PINK-SANDSTONE USED IN ITS CONSTRUCTION. THE FORTIFICATIONS GIVE IT A MEDIEVAL ATMOSPHERE, BUT ITS WELL-PLANNED LAYOUT IS “MODERN", BUILT IN 1728. VISIT MAHARAJA'S CITY-PALACE, SITUATED IN THE HEART OF THE CITY WITH CHARMING GARDENS SURROUNDED BY HIGH WALLS; PALACE OF WINDS (HAWA MAHAL),A UNIQUELY DESIGNED FIVE -STOREY STRUCTURE WITH TIERS OF OVERHANGING BALCONIES OF PINK SANDSTONE; MAHARAJA JAI SINGH AFTER WHOM THE CITY WAS NAMED, BEING A KEEN ASTRONOMER BUILT AN ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY WHICH IS STILL IN USE. IT IS MADE OF QUAINT MASONARY INSTRUMENTS OF REMARKABLE SIZE. LATER WALK AROUND LOCAL BAZAAR.
OVERNIGHT AT HOTEL.
DAY 02 JAIPUR – AGRA
AFTER EARLY BREAKFAST LEAVE HOTEL WITH LUGAGE FOR
SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF AMBER FORT WITH ELEPHANT RIDE THEN
LEAVE FOR AGRA (221 KMS & 5 HRS DRIVE) VISITING FATEHPUR
SIKRI ENROUTE.
AMBER(PALACE)FORT : THE ORIGINAL PALACE OF THE LOCAL RULERS WAS BUILT IN THE 17TH CENTURY HIGH UP ON A HILL OVERLOOKING A LAKE, JUST BELOW THE VAST AND SOMBRE WALLS OF THE ANCIENT FORT OF AMBER. THE TOWERS AND DOMES OF THE AMBER PALACE ARE REMNISCIENT OF SCENES FROM SOME FAIRY- TALE. ITS HALLS OF VICTORY IS RICHLY DECORATED WITH PANELS OF ALABASTER WITH FINE INLAY WORK OF TENDERCOLOURS.
FATEHPUR SIKRI : ABOUT 40 KM BEFORE AGRA LIES THE MAGNIFICENT DESERTED CITY OF FATEHPUR SIKRI, THE CAPITAL OF THE GREAT EMPEROR AKBAR. DURING HIS BRIEF STAY HERE, A GREAT COMPLEX OF FORTS, PALACES AND MOSQUES SPRANG UP, BUT AKBAR WAS FINALLY FORCED TO ABANDON HIS DREAM CITY DUE TO SCARCITY OF WATER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY IT BECAME A GHOST TOWN. THIS EPIC POEM IN SADSTONE LIES STRADDLED ACROSS A ROCKY RIDGE, SURROUNDED BY IMMENSE WALLS WITH NINE GATES. THE LARGEST OF THE GATES IS THE BULAND DARWAZA WHICH LEADS TO THE JAMA MASJID AND TO THE FANTASTIC TOMB OF SHEIKH SALIM CHISTI WHICH LIES UNDER AN ELABORATE MARBLE CANOPY AND IS LAVISHLY INLAID WITH MOTHER- OF-PEARL. JUST INSIDE THE GATES OF THE CITY ARE THE DIWAN-E-AAM AND THE DIWAN-E-KHAS, WHERE AKBAR HELD COURT PROCEEDINGS AND RECEIVED NOBLES AND AMBASSADORS RESPECTIVELY: THE PANCH MAHAL IS A CURIOUS BUILDING, FIVE STORIES HIGH, TAPERING FROM THE GROUND FLOOR WHICH HAS EIGHTY FIVE COLUMNS AND ON THE TOP FLOOR WITH ONLY FOUR COLUMNS.
ARRIVAL AGRA STAY AT HOTEL.
overnight at hotel
DAY 03 AGRA – DELHI
BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL
aM : SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF AGRA CITY
AGRA : THIS TINY TOWNSHIP ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER YAMUNA WAS ROCKETED TO PERMANENT PROMINENCE BY THE UGHALS, A DYNASTY OF MAGNIFICENT MONARCHS DESCENDED FROM THE MONGOL HORDES OF TIMUR THE LAME AND CHENGIS KHAN. THEY RULED MOST OF AGRA NORTH INDIA FROM THE EARLY 16TH CENTURY, TILL THE BRITISH BEGAN TO TAKE OVER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 18TH CENTURY. THEIR FORT AT AGRA IS A SPLENDID FUSION OF MILITARY MIGHT AND LAVISH BEAUTY.
THE ULTIMATE SYMBOL OF MUGHAL ACHIEVEMENT IS, CURIOUSLY
ENOUGH, A MAUSOLEUM: THE TAJ MAHAL, UNQUESTIONABLY THE WORLD'S MOST MAGNIFICENT MONUMENT TO OVER BUILT IN 17TH CENTURY. A COLOSSAL, PERFECTLY PROPORTIONED MASS OF WHITE MARBLE, IT IS LITERALLY A JEWEL, FASHIONED OVER 20 YEARS OF HUNDREDS OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN AND OVER 20,000 LABORERS TO FLOAT LIKE SOME FANTASTIC MIRAGE UPON THE YAMUNA. THE AGRA FORT WAS ONCE THE FLOURISHING CENTRE OF THE MUGHAL DYNASTY, AND FOUR SUCCESSIVE EMPERORS HELPED TO CREATE ITS MASSIVE WALLS, WITHIN WHICH HINDU AND MUSLIM STYLES MERGE INTO A SPLENDID FUSION OF MILITARY MIGHT AND LAVISH BEAUTY.
PM : DRIVE TO DELHI (203 KMS/ 4.30 HRS) VISTING SIKENDRA
eNROUTE.
SIKANDRA : See the 16th century Akbar's Tomb, the Foundation stone of which had been laid by the Emperor himself. The mausolleum was completed by his son, Jehangir and is inlaid with white marble in various polygonal patterns. This massive structure stands on the raised platform in the centre of Moghul styled garden.
ON ARRIVAL drop to respective hotels
*****END OF THE TOUR*****
Total nett cost will be :
By
Using 3* Hotels : Rs. 8,500 P.P (MINIMUM 2 PERSON)
By Using 4* Hotels : Rs. 11,000 P.P (MINIMUM 2 PERSON)
By Using 5* Hotels : Rs. 14,000 P.P (MINIMUM 2 PERSON)
Includes following services:-
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2 Nights Accommodation
Sharing Double room .
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Daily
Buffet Breakfast
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Aircon car for 3 days DELHI – AGRA – JAIPUR –
DELHI with all sight seeing TOURS as per itinerary
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SERVICES OF LOCAL ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDES DURING SIGHTSEEING TOURS.
COST DOOES NOT INCLUDE:-
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ANY OTHER SERVICES NOT MENTIONED IN THE ITINERRY.
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ENTRANCE FEE / RIDES AT THE MONUMENTS.
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TELEPHONE CALLS, TIPS , LAUNDRY, LIQUOR OR ANY OTHER EXPENSE OF PERSONAL NATURE.
